Two years ago for Christmas I got a new set of towels. Not just any old towels. Big, oversized, super soft bath sheets. You know, the kind you can wrap around yourself three times and never worry about what might be showing if you wrap it too high or too low. Ladies, you know the kind I’m talking about. …

Work Or Play: One Maternity Dress for All | PinkBlush
When I was pregnant with my first daughter we experienced the hottest summer on record. And she was born on the very. last. day. of summer that year. Despite my worry about being pregnant through the summer – without knowing yet that it would be a record-setting one – I would plan it that way again given the chance. I …

I Didn’t Know I Wanted a Boy…Until I Found Out I Was Having a Girl
I had been googling gender reveal ideas for weeks. Saving all kinds of things to a private Pinterest board so that I wouldn’t spoil the surprise. My husband and I had even discussed names and talked about what we would do with the nursery. Then the time came for my 18-week anomaly scan. With our daughter we opted to hold …

The Pregnancy Complication That Almost Killed Me
Hypercoagulable state. To the average person this probably sounds like gibberish. But if you’ve ever been pregnant, you’ve had this condition. So what the heck does it mean? A hypercoagulable state means you are at an increased risk for developing a blood clot. So why didn’t anyone mention it to you during your pregnancy? Because even though pregnancy increases your …

What No One Tells You About Having a Rainbow Baby
“You can’t have a rainbow without the rain.” That phrase took on a whole new meaning for me last year when I was pregnant with my rainbow baby. I didn’t even know what a rainbow baby was until I was a few months into that pregnancy. I can’t remember exactly how far along I was, somewhere in the first trimester …